Fasciolidae

"Fasciolidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There are six genera: Fasciola, Fasciolopsis, Fascioloides, Tenuifasciola, Parafasciolopsis, and Protofasciola. The adult form of Fasciolopsis occurs in the intestines of pigs and man.

Descriptor ID	D005212
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.500.736.715.408
Concept/Terms	Fasciolidae Fasciolidae Fascioloides Fascioloides Fascioloide Fasciolopsis Fasciolopsis Fasciolopses

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fasciolidae".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]
Platyhelminths [B01.050.500.500.736]
Trematoda [B01.050.500.500.736.715]
Fasciolidae [B01.050.500.500.736.715.408]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Fasciolidae".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Fasciolidae".

Fasciolidae
Fasciola

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